Truth, not a pet, is man's best friend.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Sometimes the answer to fear does not lie in trying to explain away the causes, sometimes the answer lies in courage.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

The people of this world must unite or they will perish.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Mr. President, I have blood on my hands.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

There is something irreversible about acquiring knowledge; and the simulation of the search for it differs in a most profound way from the reality.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men.

J. Robert Oppenheimer